Shortly after Oscar’s manslaughter sentence was converted to one of murder after he had shot his girlfriend, the model Reeva Steenkamp, in 2014, Carl opened up on Facebook about his feelings on the matter.

“S h a t t e r e d,” he wrote, with a space between each letter in an effort to express his devastation.

Read more: ‘Shattered’: Devastated Carl reacts to Oscar’s news After a recent trip to India, Carl tweeted the following: “Homeward bound from India to South Africa. What a month of recalibration! Miss my Brother @OscarPistorius and Sister @AimeePistorius.” After a tumultuous court hearing in 2014, the Pistorius siblings got together to celebrate the Olympic athlete’s birthday on 22 November. For a moment, they looked happy.